Weapon.



S. TOTH. WEAPON. APPLICATION FILED MAY 11. 1916.

1, 188,5 1 1 Patntod June 27, 1916.

Fig 3 '17 13 a a L.. m 27 .Unrrnn STATES 'rnrnn'r orator STEPHEN TOTH. OF FURNACE RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEAPON.

Be it known that l Srt-trmcx TH'IH'. a subject of the King of lluuganv. residing at Furnace Run. in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weapons, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the. provision of a weapon in the nature of a combined firearm and sword, the firearm being readily locked against operation when designed for employment as a sword.

A further object of the device is the provision of a revolver having a bayonet or sword operatively secured thereto. a corn mon handle being employed for both the sword and revolver.

The present invention contemplates the rigid mounting of ablade in advance of the barrel of a revolver'whereby the same may be employed as a sword or bayonet simultaneously with the shooting thereof, a protected or guarded handle being arranged for the weapon.

Vith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of: this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken upon' line IIIII.I of Fig. 1.

Broadly considered, the present invent-ion resides in a unitary weapon in the form of a revolver having a bayonet blade or sword 1] rigidly secured to the tubular barrel 12 thereof while the magazine 13 of the. ve-

' volver may be locked against turning by means of a latch 14, and a hand guard 15 of strap formation is carried by the revolver handle 16.

The sword blade 11 is provided with a slightly enlarged off-set base portion 17 arranged with a side plate18 secured thereto by means of bolts 19 and rivets 20, the said base and plate having cooperating receiving grooves 21 for inclosing the barrel 12.

Specifiafion Letters Patent .la t outed June 2?, 1916.

Application filed May 11.1916.

Serial No. 96,783.

Two of the bolts 19 are adapted to be socurcd through the top rib 22 of the barrel while one of the said bolts is secured through the lower rib 2 thereof. thus firmly securing the blade base .17 to the barrel 12, the blade extending in advance of the forward free end of the barrel.

The aforementioned latch lat is pivoted as at 2i to the revolver 10 and is provided with an angular locking end 25 adapted to be seated within any one of the longitudinal edge grooves 26 of the chamber 13 whenever desired to hold the latter against turning, thus preventing a pulling of the trigger- 27 and the firing of the revolver.

The strap guard '15 is secured at one end to the butt of the revolver handle 16 centrally thereof as at 28 and passing in the form of a loop toward the chamber 13, the same is secured at its opposite end to the side face of the revolver as at 29, thus forming a guard over the hand of the operator when grasping the handle 16 in the employment of the weapon.

It will thus be apparent that any form of revolver or pistol may be readily supplied with asword blade 11 by means of the aforementioned bolts and rivets and that upon grasping the handle 16 of the revolver, the latter may be employed for shooting, or the chamber 13 may be locked by means of the latch 1-1 when desired and the device employed solely as a sword or cutting weapon.

lVhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to v be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements-of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A weapon comprising a revolver, a hand guard of strap formation secured adjacent the handle portion thereof, a locking latch for the cartridge chamber of the revolver, and a'cutting blade provided with a base portion rigidly secured to-the barrel of the revolver and extending in advance of the free end thereof. l

2. A weapon comprising in combination with a revolver having a barrel provided with oppositely arranged upper and lower longitudinal webs, a sword blade having an off-set base portion, a side plate removably secured to the said base portion and conand webs in inclosedrelations betwoen' the forming to the shape thefeof, the saidbase base'portion and side plate when-operatively 7 portion and side plate having-cooperating positioned withthe said blade extending in) inner ,faces in engagement with'the sai'd bar-- advance of the said barrel.

5 reland webs, and removable securing means In testimony whereof I fiilsr-my signature. positioned throughthe said webs, base 'portion and side plates, with the said barrel STEPHEN TOTH. 

